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...Griffin’s stance contrasts starkly with that of Bill Ackman, another high-profile hedge fund manager, who on Monday called for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to “explicitly guarantee all deposits...
...patrick.jenkins@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Meloni government swims against the tide of history / From Jon Johannessen, Venice, CA, US...
...Bill Beaumont, an illustrious captain of the England team of the time, recalls the buccaneering JPR with a wry chuckle: “England never beat Wales when JPR was playing.”...
...Patrick Jenkins wrote an interesting “Inside Business” column this week on how Giorgia Meloni’s capital bill threatens to damage corporate Italy (January 9)....
...A mining start-up backed by Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos said it had discovered a vast copper deposit in Zambia....
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...Michael Howard remains the most influential home secretary since Roy Jenkins, who was in the post from 1974 to 1976: on criminal justice policy and prisons in particular....
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...Fujitsu is facing mounting pressure this week to foot part of an estimated £1bn compensation bill for the victims of the Horizon IT scandal....
...Roy Jenkins, a former UK finance minister and EU Commission president, once described inheritance tax as a “voluntary levy,” paid only by those who distrust their heirs more than they dislike the tax authorities...
...Meanwhile deputy editor Patrick Jenkins contemplates the “thinking barbarians,” arguing that the private equity cannot always be caricatured as short-termist, debt-addicted asset-strippers....
...And Saunteel Jenkins, CEO of The Heat and Warmth Fund, which helps with utility bills, says the number of Detroit families needing utility assistance is still going up....
...In other news, Bill Ackman is closing his much-publicised short position in long-dated Treasuries. Has anyone received more good press out of the Treasury sell-off than him?...
...If fears of a full-blown recession, outlined by the FT’s deputy editor Patrick Jenkins, turn out to be true, the crisis could hamper access to consumer loans....
...“I remember distinctly voting for Bill Clinton twice. I may have voted for Gore,” she says....
...patrick.jenkins@ft.com Letter in response to this article: Lift the bonus cap and banks just take more risks / From George Galazka, Arundel, West Sussex, UK...
...Honest dialogue Société Générale’s investor day may have flopped but such events bring some much-needed strategic focus and transparency to Europe’s banks, writes the FT’s Patrick Jenkins....
...‘Swiss finish’: Once reflective of the high quality of financial safeguards in the country, the term has gained an unfortunate new meaning with Credit Suisse’s demise, writes Patrick Jenkins....
...Fuelling the fire The French government’s wooing of bankers could further stoke class tensions in the country, the FT’s Patrick Jenkins writes....
...Gates Foundation: The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is making an unusual investment in a French biotech start-up’s experimental cancer trial....
...At an event a few days later, Gensler stopped short of commenting on the bill, but warned against undermining existing protections in a “$100tn capital market”....
...“A lot of candidates who would take the job want Bill and David to step off the board.”...
...Risk mismanagement More people are being excluded from the UK’s formal financial system despite little evidence that customers are falling behind on loan payments, the FT’s Patrick Jenkins writes....
...For both types, the attractions of pension saving must be weighed against the costs of selling up, since selling may well trigger a capital gains bill....
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